RF Switched-Capacitor Power Amplifier Modeling

被引:3
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作者
Sotiriadis, Paul P. [1 ]
Adamopoulos, Christos G. [2 ]
Baxevanakis, Dimitrios [1 ]
Zarkos, Panagiotis G. [2 ]
Vassiliou, Iason [3 ]
机构
[1] Natl Tech Univ Athens, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Athens 15780, Greece
[2] Berkeley Engn, Dept EECS, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Broadcom Hellas, Athens 17455, Greece
关键词
Drain efficiency (DE); harmonic distortion; power amplifier (PA); state-space; steady-state; switched-capacitor;
D O I
10.1109/TCAD.2020.3025207
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Detailed state-space modeling and analysis of a class of RF switched-capacitor power amplifiers achieving high efficiency, output power, and linearity are presented. Time-domain voltage and current waveforms are analytically obtained via the steady-state solution of the amplifier's model equations. The output power of the fundamental and that of the harmonics, as well as the drain efficiency of the switched-capacitor power amplifier (SCPA) are derived. The state-space model is implemented in MATLAB and all theoretical results are compared to Cadence Spectre simulation of the SCPA and are found to be in good agreement.
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页码:1525 / 1530
页数:6
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